Supporting waist



' Feb. 2a, 1928. 1,660,3201

' K. D. BALDWIN SUPPORTING WAIST Filed March 7. 1927 51% E XE PatentedFeb. 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KATE D. BALDWIN, 0F WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE K.BALDWIN,

DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

sorronrme 'wnsr.

Application filed March 7, 1927. Serial No. 173,283.

lack of sufiicient give in the material to compensate for the strainsapplied thereto.

This invention has been developed to provide an improved type ofsupporting jacket or underwaist which is so constructed withreinforcingtapes-and with plaited sections in the rear portion to permit theplaited portions to be extended when a person wearing an improved waistof this type bends over, thereby obviating undue strains on thesupporting buttons and on the goods due to the fact that the plaitedportions relieve said goods and the buttons from undue tensionalstrains.

It is an object of this invention to provide of reinforcing tapes on theback portion dividing the back portion into sections between which thematerial forming said sections is transversely plaited to permit thesections tobe temporarily extended longitudinally when strains areapplied to the rear sections by a lower garment buttoned onto the waist.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a childs underwaistWitlrplaited sections having supporting buttons mounted thereon,permitting a lower garment to be buttoned to the waist, the plaitedportions of said waist being adapted to stretch when a child bends overto relieve the material of undue tensional strains, thereby prolongingthe life of the underwaist.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a childssupporting waist reinforced with tapes dividing the rear portion of thewaist into a plurality of sections which are plaited above acircumferential strip or tape girdle on which supporting buttons aresuspended by means of tape loops, thereby permitting a lower garment tobe engaged on said buttons, allowing the child to bend without danger ofapplying undue tensional strains to the material forming said sections,thereby obviating tearing of the material and pulling off of buttons.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the disclosures in the specification and the, accompanyingdrawings.

This invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings: .Figure 1 illustrates a boy wearing an improvedsupporting waist embodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 illustrates a boy bending over, illustrating the elongatedposition of the- Waistsections caused by the strains applied thereto bya pair of trousers attached to the waist buttons and illustrated indotted lines. Figure 3 is an enlarged developed plan view of thesupporting waist. Figure 1 is a fragmentary detail plan view of thelower rear portion of the Waist showing the position of an extensiblesection when a pull is applied thereto.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line V-Vof'Figure 3. i a childs supporting waist with a plurality As shown onthe drawings:

The reference numeral 1 indicates a boy or child wearing an improvedsupporting Waist embodying the principles of this invention andcomprising front side sections 2 and 3 forcing hem 10 on which buttons11 are sewed for use with the button holes 9 so that the waist when wornby a child may be but.- toned down the front of the child.

The improved supporting waist is provided with a pair of rearreinforcing tapes or straps 12 extending from the shoulder straps 7downwardly to the lower hem of the waist. The reinforcing tapes 12 arestitched in position and divide the back waist section 4 from the twoside rear sections 5 and 6. A reinforcing tape 13 is stitched in placebetween the waist sections 3 and 6 and extends from the arm holedownwardly to a circumferential or belt tape 14 stitched around theexterior of the lower portion of the waist a short distance abovethelower 1 hem of said waist. Another reinforcing tape button supportingsewed.

15 separates the waist sections 2 and 5 and extends from the, second armhole downwardly to'the belt tape 14. Secured to the belt tape 14atspaced intervals are a plurality of ta e loops 16 a bight portion ofeach of whic is engaged through'a button 17 to hold .each of the buttonssuspended from the belt tape beneath which the ends of the loops 16 arefastened or The three backsections 4, 5, and 6 forming the. back of thewaist are each provided witlfa transverse open. plait or fold 18directly above the belt tape 14 with the ends of said plaits sewed underthe respective reinforcing tapes 12, 13, and 15.

The novel construction of the improved supporting waist or underjacketequi pad with the open folds or plaits 18 in the back panel sectionsbetween the reinforcing tapes 12, 13, and 15 and above the belt tape 14affords an arrangement whereby the back sections are permitted to beelongated or I stretched due to the opening of the plaits 18,

as illustratedin-Figures 2 and 4, when the person wearing-the waistbends over and a pull is exerted on the rear supporting buttons of thewaist by the trousers 19 or any other lower garment attached,or'buttoned onto the supporting waist. It will thus be seen that withthe extension plaits 18 provided as-described that when a person bendsthe goods forming the-back of the underwaist is relieved of any unduestrains or pullsso that the material formin the waist 1s not .torn norare the buttons pul ed off. A

very durable. and strong underwaist-is thus provided having the plaitedor shirred p0r= tions in the back sections serving to allow stretching.of the back waist sections when necessary, thereby "saving saidsections from tearing. The improved underwaistequipped {with theextensible plaits also affords a garvment which can be worn with a greatdeal of ease and convenience.

I am aware that many changes may be made, and numerous details ofconstruction may be varied through a wide range without departing fromthe principles of this inven- 'tion, and I therefore do not purposelimiting the patentranted hereon, otherwise than necessitated y theprior art. I claim as my invention:

1. A supporting waist comprising a jacket constructed to be buttoneddown-the front, a waist band secured to said jacket above the lowermargin" thereof, a dplurality of loops secured to said waist ban buttonsmounted with the bights of said loops projecting through the holes ofsaid buttons, a plurality of reinforcing ta es longitudinally se curedon the back portion of the jacket ex tending from the upper portions ofthe jacket downwardly todivide the rear portion of the jacket into aplurality of sections, and transverse plaits in said sections above thewaist band and between said rein forcing tapes.

2. A supporting waist of the class 'described comprisinga jacketconstructed to be buttoned down the front and having shoulder strapsforming a part thereof, a waist band secured to said jacket, buttonssuspended from said waist band, a plurality of reinforcing tapesextendin longitudinally from the upper portion of t e waist downwardlyandstitched their entire lengthbto divide the backof the waist into aplurality of sections,

and plaits in said sections to permit the sections separated by saidtapes to beindependently elongated without straining the material when aperson wearing the jacket bends. Y

3. A supporting waist of the class'described comprising back and frontside sections, a waist band secured across said back and side sections,loops secured to said waist band, buttons supported on said loops, a

plurality of tapes stitched for their entire length longitudinally onsaid back dividing the same into a plurality of sections, andindependently ex-tendible means formed in each of said back sections topermit said back sections to be independently elon ated when a pull isapplied to said waist and by a garment supported by said buttons.

4. A supporting waist comprising a jacket constructed with shoulderstraps and adapted to be butt oned down the front, a plu-.

rality of reinforcing tapes stitched to the back of the. jacket andextending from the upper portion of said back downwardlytowardthe bottomdividing the back into a plurality of sections, plaits formed in saidack sections with the ends of said plaits closed by stitching passingthrough said tapes permitting the back sections to be elongated when apull is exerted on the lower ends thereof, and garment supporting meansbetween the reinforcing tapes and below said plaits.

5. A supporting jacket-comprising a wais adapted to be buttoned down thefront, a

tapes and stitched thereto to permit said sec-' band to permit the backsection of the jacket 10 tions to be elongated when pulling strains tobe elongated, and reinforcing members are applied to the buttons.stitched their entire length to said back sec- 7. A 'supportin waistcomprising a jacket tion dividing the plait into sections.

5 constructed to be uttoned down the front, a In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto waist band secured to saidfjacket, a pluralit subscribedmy name at White Plains, West'- 15 of loops suspended from said waistban chester County, New York. buttons carried by said loops, a plait inthe back portion of said jacket above the waist KATE D. BALDWIN.

